Research without the busywork
Pilgrim organizes your sources, synthesizes the threads, and keeps your argument grounded as you write. Less tab management, more actual thinking.
The problem with research today
Tabs and fragments
Dozens of PDFs, browser tabs, and highlights with no connective tissue. You know the answer is in there, somewhere.
Threads that drift
Starting to write before the reading is done means half-formed claims and missing citations. Starting after means forgetting the connections you made earlier.
The same passage, twice
Re-reading your own notes to remember what you thought. Re-searching for sources you already found. Time spent on logistics, not ideas.
Citation strain
Losing track of what came from where, scrambling to re-attribute at the end, or over-citing to compensate for unclear lineage.
Three things Pilgrim does well
A focused tool that does a few things seriously rather than everything passably.
Source organization
Add papers, articles, reports, and notes. Pilgrim indexes the content and keeps the citation metadata clean so you never have to think about it again.
Synthesis view
Ask a question across all your sources. See where they agree, where they conflict, and what gaps remain. The synthesis view shows structure, not just excerpts.
Grounded drafting
Write in the same canvas where your sources live. Every claim links back to a source automatically. No more tracking citations by hand.
People are saving hours per project
"I used to spend the first two days of any project just organizing what I'd already read. Pilgrim cut that to a morning."
"The synthesis view is the thing nobody else has. Showing me where three papers agree and one doesn't is genuinely useful."
"Every tool I've tried makes me feel like I'm managing software instead of doing research. Pilgrim mostly stays out of the way."
Start free, pay when it earns its place
No credit card required to begin. Upgrade if you need more projects or collaborative features.
- 3 active projects
- 30 sources per project
- Synthesis view
- Grounded drafting
- Unlimited projects
- Unlimited sources
- Citation export (APA, MLA, Chicago)
- Priority support
- Everything in Scholar
- Shared project workspaces
- Team annotations
- Admin controls
Your next research project, without the overhead
Free to start. No setup required. Works with the sources you already have.